The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following appointments of
officers at Joint Secretary I Joint Secretary equivalent level

(1) Appointment of Navneet Gupta, IA&AS (1997), as Joint Secretary,Department of Telecommunications.

(2) Appointment of Ms Dipti Mohil Chawla, IDAS (1995), as Joint Secretary,Department of Defence.

(3) Appointment of Ms. Nita Kejrewa I, CSS, as Joint Secretary, Department of Rural
Development.

(4) Appointment of Siddhartha Singh Longjam, IA&AS(1994), as Joint Secretary,Department of Sports.

(5) Appointment of Sunil Kumar, IRAS(1995), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.

(6) Appointment of Ms. Meera Ranjan Tsering, IPoS(1988), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of
Tribal Affairs.

(7) Appointment of V. K. Dewangan, lAS (MN:1993), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of
Power.

(8) Appointment of J.P. Agrawal, CSS, as Joint Secretary, Department of Official
Language.

(9) Appointment of Abhishek Singh, lAS (NL:1995), as Secretary, Agricultural
Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB), under the Department of Agricultural Research &
Education.

(10) Appointment of Ram Prasad Meena, IPS (AM:1993), as Joint Secretary,Department of Social Justice & Empowerment.

(11) Appointment of Rajesh Kumar, lAS (MN:1988), as Principal Commissioner,Delhi Development Authority (DDA) under the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.

(12) Appointment of L. K. Meena, CSS, as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development.

(13) Appointment of Ms. Anu Nagar, IFoS (HP : 1995), as Joint Secretary, Department of
Health Research.

(14) Appointment of Daniel Richards, CSS, as Joint Secretary, National Commission for Minorities (NCM) under the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

(15) Appointment of Ms. Nigar Fatima Husain, IDES(1996), as Joint Secretary, Ministry
of Minority Affairs.

(16) Appointment of Srivats Krishna, lAS (KN:1994) as Secretary, Coffee Board under the Department of Commerce

(17) Appointment of Ms. K Sunitha, lAS (AP:1996) as Executive Director, Tobacco
Board under the Department of Commerce.

(18) Appointment of Sandeep Pondrik, lAS (BH:1993), as Advisor, National Disaster
Management Authority (NOMA) under the Ministry of Home Affairs.